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GHSA-CMWQ-378R-4XWR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-03-22 15:31

Details

Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2019-25590 (GCVE-0-2019-25590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-22 13:38 – Updated: 2026-03-23 15:31

Title

Axessh 4.2 Denial of Service via Log File Name

Summary

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-1282 - Assumed-Immutable Data is Stored in Writable Memory

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46858	exploit
	http://www.labf.com	product
	http://www.labf.com/download/axessh.exe	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axessh-denia…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Labf	Axessh	Affected: 4.2

Date Public ?

2019-05-14 00:00

Credits

Victor Mondragón

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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GHSA-CMWQ-378R-4XWR

CVE-2019-25590 (GCVE-0-2019-25590)

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